On a recent episode of his podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, WWE Hall Of Famer Adam “Edge” Copeland spoke at length about the passing of fellow WWE Hall Of Famer Bruno Sammartino, who passed away last week at age 82. Featured below are some of the highlights of comments Edge made about “The Living Legend.”
On the passing of Bruno Sammartino: “It feels like the end, the kind of end of an era in terms of, he’s the biggest star of the WWF/WWE ever. I mean, you can say ‘Stone Cold’ [Steve Austin] and you can say [Hulk] Hogan, but if you’re looking at MSG sellouts, if you’re looking at… I mean, Bruno, man, was champ I think you’re looking at, combined in two reigns, 11 years, like, 4,000 however many days. That doesn’t happen nowadays.”
On Sammartino’s legacy: “I think you had an entire culture, especially to Italians and immigrants coming over to this country, here’s a guy who came over without anything and really made himself, it’s just a classic underdog, everyman story, but more importantly than whatever the accolades are in [pro] wrestling, which are obviously numerous, stack up better to anybody’s, to be honest, in meeting Bruno over the years, he was just a thoroughly classy, professional. He was just a classy, classy man and there’s just no other way to explain it.”
On Bruno calling Edge after his second neck surgery: “Bruno Sammartino found out I was in town and having neck surgery, got the number to my hotel room, and called me post-surgery to make sure I was okay. And it completely blew my brain. I think that to me kind of exemplifies what kind of man he was.”
Check out the complete episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness featuring Edge and Christian’s comments on the passing of Bruno Sammartino, visit Art19.com.
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